It looks like the PC ninnies of Europe and the UK have struck again and this time it's with History. Instead of celebrating the marvelous routing of the French and Spanish ships at the hands of Admiral Horatio Nelson and his British fleet in Trafalgar in 1805, the event organizers have scrubbed away the history to prevent an offense. See what The Sunday Times has to say:
ADMIRAL NELSON saw off the mighty Franco-Spanish fleet at the battle of Trafalgar but 200 years on, he has been sunk by a wave of political correctness.Admiral Nelson died in this monumental battle and he's still being robbed his glory. Thank G-d more people still respect history and all of its parts, no matter who they offend. This is yet another reason why the EU will never work.
Organisers of a re-enactment to mark the bicentenary of the battle next month have decided it should be between “a Red Fleet and a Blue Fleet” not British and French/Spanish forces.
Otherwise they fear visiting dignitaries, particularly the French, would be embarrassed at seeing their side routed.
Even the official literature has been toned down. It describes the re-enactment not as the battle of Trafalgar but simply as “an early 19th-century sea battle”.
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